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Their enthusiasm for him has diminished which translates in normal political circumstances into a weaker turnout election. and that is the last thing this president and his party need in this midterm, the people who support the right are the people who support -- who are angry at president obama on the right and in the center are highly motivated to vote. the president needs his people to be highly motivated to vote as well. and that net roots poll gives you a sense of just how many of them are ...

Their enthusiasm for him has diminished which translates in normal political circumstances into a weaker turnout election. and that is the last thing this president and his party need in this midterm, the people who support the right are the people who support -- who are angry at president obama on the right and in the center are highly motivated to vote. the president needs his people to be highly motivated to vote as well. and that net roots poll gives you a sense of just how many of them are ...

Announcing white house plans for a risky midterm strategy allowing some of the bush era tax cuts to expire. is it a smart move? well take a look at the controversy next. jenna: scenes from the sea of cortez, check this out. >> look at that, oh my gosh! look at that, its a full on battle. jenna: squid fight. it looks like some of our editorial meetings sometimes, right, jon. jon: sometimes. jenna: its a giant can a balance -- cannible squid. all of this caught on tape. you can see that story comi...

I think what is driving a lot of folks overall which is this concern about the economy and independents have been these folks that have already left the political parties weve been watching this the last 20 years, right? they have been moving away from identifying with either the republicans or the democrats and they are sort of driven, i think, by events of the day so independents, for instance, lost by republicans over competency and management of the war and also of katrina and right now demo...

Yesterday. i think a lot of people across this country who are liberals were saying its about time. is this what the democrats have to do to hold the majority in the midterm, in your opinion? >> yeah, we have nothing to be ashamed of. the truth is that the stimulus package has saved a ton of jobs. that the bush economy recession would be much worse without the stimulus package. the truth is that the president has a very good, for example, environmental record. he signed -- the first executive or...

Have 255 house seats and two empty. republicans have 178. the g.o.p. needs 40 more seats to recapture the majority. on the senate side democrats have 59 members and republicans with 41 need ten to reclaim the senate. we will follow the midterm action every step of the way. and tonight, a look at the disclose act. is it really campaign finance reform or muzzled speech? our white house correspondent reports that like many things in washington, the answer may be in the eye of the beholder. presiden...

Leader harry reid has a serious problem with voters. it shows that they are blaming him for the economy and lack of job creation. well, now, senator reid is fighting back. >> for job creation, were going to do home start. tens of thousands of jobs are created to america with our home start project. >> so is reids ship sunk or can he go on to win re-election despite his states incredibly high unemployment. joining us for a fair and balanced debate are republican strategist roger stone. hes screen...

Hill, treasury secretary tim geithner is speaking out about tax cuts from the bush years saying he believes congress will act on them, before the november election and that, of course, could make the cuts a hot button issue on the campaign trail. coming up, julie kirtz is live in washington with the latest. >> reporter: hi, gregg, he says raising taxes on the wealthiest americans will not hurt economic growth. hitting the sunday talk shows, with that he message today, as the midterm campaigns he...

Republicans dont care so much about the deficit any more, and they just care about tax cuts. and i think the problem for the obama administration is, they are also a little bit pregnant on this and want -- most of these tax cuts to continue, too, which are bad for the deficit and i think there has to be a deal, i dont know what it will be, maybe that they continue temporarily, there is business tax breaks aintend of the high end ones and it is a volatile issue, and being accused of raising taxes...

The election draws near that will point to a lot of -- >> adam is an expert at this. but the only two presidents in modern american history who have had worse numbers in july are presidents clinton and ronald reagan. both of home went on to serve two terms and very successful second terms. >> but look at what happened with bill clintons first midterm that was the tsunami of 1994. president reagan lost congress in the senate in his first midterm as well. >> i think thats correct. the party out of...